中 (Zhōng): meaning and stroke order
中 (Zhōng) means (bound form) China; Chinese, surname Zhong, within; among; in, middle; center.
中
- Simplified
- 中
- Traditional
- 中 (same form)
- Pinyin
- Zhōng · zhòng
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Stroke order of 中
中
- Zhōng (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong
- zhōng within; among; in; middle; center
- zhòng to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 中
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Zhōng
- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
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zhōng
- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
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zhòng
- to hit (a target)
- to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
- to win (a prize or lottery)
Radical and structure
- 中
- Radical 丨 (Kangxi radical 2) · 4 strokes · built from 口 and 丨
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 中
- 中国 Zhōng guó China
- 中学 zhōng xué middle school
- 中心 zhōng xīn center; heart; core
- 心中 xīn zhōng central point; in one's thoughts
- 中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language
- 中年 zhōng nián middle age
- 其中 qí zhōng among; in
- 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark; in secret
- 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise; to take the middle road
- 中午 zhōng wǔ noon; midday
- 中国人 Zhōng guó rén Chinese person
- 中学生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student; high school student
中 in our stories
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看到自己亲手创造的人类在灾难中挣扎，女神女娲心如刀割。
kàndào zìjǐ qīnshǒu chuàngzào de rénlèi zài zāinàn zhōng zhēngzhá nǚshén Nǚwā xīn rú dāo gē
Seeing the humans she had made with her own hands struggling in the disaster, the goddess Nüwa felt as if a knife were cutting her heart.
From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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风停雨住以后，从坟里飞出了一对美丽的蝴蝶，在花丛中形影不离，一起飞向了远方。
fēng tíng yǔ zhù yǐhòu cóng fén lǐ fēi chū le yí duì měilì de húdié zài huācóng zhōng xíngyǐngbùlí yìqǐ fēi xiàng le yuǎnfāng
When the wind and rain had stopped, a pair of beautiful butterflies flew out of the grave, inseparable among the flowers, and flew off together into the distance.
From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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临死前，他把手中的木杖用力一扔。木杖落地的地方，一夜之间长出了一片桃林，绵延几百里。
línsǐ qián tā bǎ shǒu zhōng de mùzhàng yònglì yì rēng mùzhàng luò dì de dìfang yíyèzhījiān zhǎng chū le yí piàn táolín miányán jǐbǎi lǐ
Before he died he flung away his wooden staff with all his strength. Where it landed, a peach grove sprang up overnight, stretching for hundreds of li.
From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 中
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).